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The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate. “You’re going to save a fortune,” President Donald Trump said at the site’s unveiling Thursday night. The government-hosted website is not a platform for buying medications. Instead, it’s set up as a facilitator, pointing Americans to drugmakers’ direct-to-consumer websites, where they can make purchases. It also provides coupons to use at pharmacies. The site launches with over 40 medications, including weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy. The site is part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to show it’s tacking the challenges of high costs.

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Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. says it'll build a $3.5 billion manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania, as the company expands domestic production and capitalizes on surging sales of obesity and diabetes treatments. The company said Friday that the new plant will make injectable drugs and devices. Eli Lilly, maker of weight-loss treatment Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro, has also announced new plants in Texas, Virginia and Alabama, and another facility is under construction in Indiana.